Yes, being of a certain age, and Manleh! dammitt!!...I did know that...But the joke was there, so I took it... ...

McBadgere

Apr 9 2013, 04:59 AM

OOoh, yes...Double post but new subject... ...

Wikipedia describes Short Stories thusly...Well, it says other things, like 20 000 words, but this is what I was taught...

QUOTE(Wikipedia)

As a point of reference for the genre writer, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America define short story length Nebula Awards for science fiction submission guidelines as having a word count of fewer than 7,500

Why then IS ONE INTERLUDE IN MY STORY NOW PAST 5000 WORDS??!?!?!!!??

It was only supposed to be a short story in the first place, to get the damned thing out of my head... ...Yes, I decided to do this interlude as a kind of pilot to the other end of the story, but still...I scared!!... ...Pleased, but scared...

She set me back FOUR HOURS because that was how long it took for her friggin' relief took to get there. She reeeeaaaally screwed me over. my boss' boss' BOSS is coming to the store tomorrow morning and since we have a time limit on getting out, I couldn't get the store fixed in time.

God. Damn. It.

King Of Beasts

Apr 9 2013, 05:23 AM

They've made you work through all that?! And they sent her home?

-sigh- that's just.....wow.

Elisabeth Hollow

Apr 9 2013, 05:25 AM

QUOTE(King Of Beasts @ Apr 8 2013, 11:23 PM)

They've made you work through all that?! And they sent her home?

-sigh- that's just.....wow.

Yes. YES. I was so angry I told her to count her till and get out. She left VERY quickly, lol

King Of Beasts

Apr 9 2013, 05:26 AM

QUOTE(Elisabeth Hollow @ Apr 8 2013, 08:25 PM)

QUOTE(King Of Beasts @ Apr 8 2013, 11:23 PM)

They've made you work through all that?! And they sent her home?

-sigh- that's just.....wow.

Yes. YES. I was so angry I told her to count her till and get out. She left VERY quickly, lol

That's just dumb. They've made you work through physical injuries? She was feeling crammpy so they sent her home.

This is the work if sheogorath!

Elisabeth Hollow

Apr 9 2013, 05:28 AM

QUOTE(King Of Beasts @ Apr 8 2013, 11:26 PM)

QUOTE(Elisabeth Hollow @ Apr 8 2013, 08:25 PM)

QUOTE(King Of Beasts @ Apr 8 2013, 11:23 PM)

They've made you work through all that?! And they sent her home?

-sigh- that's just.....wow.

Yes. YES. I was so angry I told her to count her till and get out. She left VERY quickly, lol

That's just dumb. They've made you work through physical injuries? She was feeling crammpy so they sent her home.

This is the work if sheogorath!

The bosses that made me do that were ones that didn't like me. The only time I ever got any leniency was when my dad died. My new boss sees I look a little under the weather and is like "Do you need to go home? Are you okay?"

And I'm like "It's alright, just a migraine."

"Can you work with a migraine?"

And I give him a look like "Please. The stories I could tell you" lol

King Of Beasts

Apr 9 2013, 05:30 AM

QUOTE(Elisabeth Hollow @ Apr 8 2013, 08:28 PM)

QUOTE(King Of Beasts @ Apr 8 2013, 11:26 PM)

QUOTE(Elisabeth Hollow @ Apr 8 2013, 08:25 PM)

QUOTE(King Of Beasts @ Apr 8 2013, 11:23 PM)

They've made you work through all that?! And they sent her home?

-sigh- that's just.....wow.

Yes. YES. I was so angry I told her to count her till and get out. She left VERY quickly, lol

That's just dumb. They've made you work through physical injuries? She was feeling crammpy so they sent her home.

This is the work if sheogorath!

The bosses that made me do that were ones that didn't like me. The only time I ever got any leniency was when my dad died. My new boss sees I look a little under the weather and is like "Do you need to go home? Are you okay?"

And I'm like "It's alright, just a migraine."

"Can you work with a migraine?"

And I give him a look like "Please. The stories I could tell you" lol

Your new boss sounds reasonable to a certain degree, lol

Elisabeth Hollow

Apr 9 2013, 05:53 AM

QUOTE(King Of Beasts @ Apr 8 2013, 11:30 PM)

Your new boss sounds reasonable to a certain degree, lol

So far so good. Except he'll be very angry when he comes into the store tomorrow.

King Of Beasts

Apr 9 2013, 05:59 AM

QUOTE(Elisabeth Hollow @ Apr 8 2013, 08:53 PM)

QUOTE(King Of Beasts @ Apr 8 2013, 11:30 PM)

Your new boss sounds reasonable to a certain degree, lol

So far so good. Except he'll be very angry when he comes into the store tomorrow.